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#51
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I grew up calling it material for sewing clothes as that is all we did basically - but if it was a quilt it them became "fabric" so ?????? so I think it is whatever you want to call it - it seems fine to me... here where i'm at is a big quilting area - thus it is all fabric -
#52
My mother and grandmother were quilters and always called it material. I'm training myself to call it fabric just because it seems everyone in the quilting world does now. Of course I live in a different state now, maybe that's why, I don't know. Anyway I have lots of material from my mother and am adding fabric to my supply all the time.
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Originally Posted by carolynbb
Why is it always referred to as "fabric"? My mother always said "material". Is it old fashioned to call it material now-a-days?
"A rose by any other name is just as sweet." Call it whatever you are comfortable with. froggyintexas
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Originally Posted by Phannie1
I don't remember my mom every saying Fabric. It was alway material. I think it may also be a regional thing, like coke or soda and my cousin's pop.
#59
I might have called it material when I was younger but my first job was at J.C.Penney's. I worked in the fabric department not the material department. So I guess I've been calling it fabric for a long , long time.
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